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Post by monster50 on Jun 21, 2015 14:10:01 GMT -5
Hey, Thank you. That was absolutely great.
I'm happy but can't believe the impact it Made on iTunes, never would have guessed.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2015 8:35:33 GMT -5
Back up a spot to #27 on the Hot 100 in Week 18.
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Post by monster50 on Jun 25, 2015 19:29:53 GMT -5
This could end up being the country song of the summer, It's been the number one country song for 8 or 9 weeks, It's still climbing on country radio and looks like if it hits number one it won't be until at least August.
Its climbing the Hot AC much faster then it climbed on country radio and I thinks it's doing well.
I don't know if pop will pick it up but I hope so.
I got a feeling I will be hearing this a lot on the July 4th weekend, too bad they can't perform it somewhere.
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Post by monster50 on Jul 4, 2015 11:23:34 GMT -5
I believe I read that painkiller is the next single, whatever they release next is going to be huge. I'm thinking it won't drop until September but I can wait and savor in the success of girl crush.
I don't know how far girl crush will get up on hot ac but it's doing very well right now, I will be really happy if it hits top ten there and I fully expect this to hit number one on country radio, how could it not, It's the biggest country song of the year.
If I'm the record label I'm already thinking of having the next single crossing over to HAC. Most of the album could.
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Post by sabre14 on Jul 5, 2015 15:30:35 GMT -5
"Girl Crush" finally breaks the MB top 5 this week, landing at #5.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2015 15:54:49 GMT -5
Am I the only one thinking Luke Bryan could be a factor soon. I hope they hit the top given of how talented they are.
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Post by Marv on Jul 5, 2015 22:38:24 GMT -5
Luke will pass Kelsea tomorrow or Tuesday since he's less than 650 points behind her, and will also pass Tim & Carrie later this week, but he's still 1,100 spins behind LBT, so once they reach #1 by the end of this month, he should be in the top five.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2015 22:43:25 GMT -5
Am I the only one thinking Luke Bryan could be a factor soon. I hope they hit the top given of how talented they are. I'm not sure why he would be. LBT led Luke by 4.4 million at the start of the week on Billboard, and they've out-gained him by about 1.5 mil on Mediabase this week. "Girl Crush" is pulling away, and I highly doubt that Luke will pass these guys now that they're in the top 5. This is looking good to go #1 after Blake/Jason/Canaan clear out. Easton should start falling within the next day or two, and I'm still not convinced that Canaan will go all the way to #1. That song would be 50+ weeks old by the time it even has a chance of going #1, and Canaan's album only sold 12,000 copies. Luke will probably be the one to follow LBT at the top, as I don't see Brantley Gilbert or Michael Ray staying ahead of "Kick The Dust Up" for too much longer. But I don't see Luke leaping LBT, no.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2015 22:54:20 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2015 23:01:29 GMT -5
They are still promoting this right. The song is still smashing.
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Post by sabre14 on Jul 9, 2015 23:04:33 GMT -5
They are still promoting this right. The song is still smashing. Yes. "Girl Crush" gained 104 spins and over 700k in audience and have gained over 2.5 million in audience this week. "Girl Crush" looks to be a future #1 (on the airplay chart, lol).
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2015 23:26:10 GMT -5
Yeah, a label that gets a song to #1 on HCS will be happy about that and all, but they aren't going to stop promoting the song until it goes as high as it can on the airplay charts, and reaches as many listeners' ears as possible. This should be #1 on the airplay charts before the month is over.
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Post by jrb56 on Jul 10, 2015 12:30:24 GMT -5
A little less than 4 months ago "Girl Crush" was on the ropes with country radio having lost it's bullet and dropping slots out of the top 30. A controversy that I believe was misguided as the song's issues with radio were less about it's lyrics and more that it was a female led ballad with stripped down production. No matter how well written or performed the song had 2 strikes against it from the start. The controversy just leveled the playing field. After a Megan Linsey's cover on the Voice and a stellar ACM performance country radio was left playing catch up. A million plus downloads later it's still is.
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Post by monster50 on Jul 11, 2015 0:08:59 GMT -5
Here's my suggestion to LBT.
They are hosting some show on NBC, I believe on August 4th, They will will probably perform this, if so tell the audience that a band member had vocal surgery and they need a little help from the audience to sing this, I think a lot of people would sing along.
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Post by avalyn on Jul 11, 2015 19:23:30 GMT -5
Here's my suggestion to LBT. They are hosting some show on NBC, I believe on August 4th, They will will probably perform this, if so tell the audience that a band member had vocal surgery and they need a little help from the audience to sing this, I think a lot of people would sing along. Except it was pretaped before Jimi's surgery last month. It's them hosting/performing at the CMA Music Fest. I believe Girl Crush and Painkiller will be the songs that make it from their set for the 4 nights of shows the mc'ed and hosted. It airs on ABC not NBC.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2015 4:08:01 GMT -5
I'm not at all convinced this is going to hit #1 on the airplay charts. My gut feeling is that Universal will jump the gun next week with this as they've done with "Love You Like That" this past week and go all out for #1. Of course, they'll fall way short and peak at #2 since "Girl Crush" is 1400 spins behind "Tonight Looks Good on You" on Mediabase. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think country labels usually publicize HCS achievements too much, so the attention being drawn to the HCS #1 for "Girl Crush" is a small red flag to me that maybe Capitol doesn't think they can get this to #1 on the airplay charts. It's looking to me like Broken Bow is preparing to make another modest hit into a huge multi-week #1 on the airplay charts.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2015 6:36:42 GMT -5
What I am nervous about is Jason. Here's the thing LBT just hosted Country Countdown USA. Jason isn't hosting for a while so I'm curious to see what Broken Bow has in store.
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Post by fearlessarrow on Jul 12, 2015 9:57:53 GMT -5
I'm not at all convinced this is going to hit #1 on the airplay charts. My gut feeling is that Universal will jump the gun next week with this as they've done with "Love You Like That" this past week and go all out for #1. Of course, they'll fall way short and peak at #2 since "Girl Crush" is 1400 spins behind "Tonight Looks Good on You" on Mediabase. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think country labels usually publicize HCS achievements too much, so the attention being drawn to the HCS #1 for "Girl Crush" is a small red flag to me that maybe Capitol doesn't think they can get this to #1 on the airplay charts. It's looking to me like Broken Bow is preparing to make another modest hit into a huge multi-week #1 on the airplay charts. I don't think Capitol's that stupid to do that... In Canaan's case, "Love You Like That" had already spent a long time on the charts, so maybe Mercury Nashville felt the need to push it (idk)? But in LBT's case, "Girl Crush" and "Tonight Looks Good on You" are about 1350 spins apart right now. Also, "Girl Crush" has had momentum in digital sales, so I feel that Capitol would also want a #1 on country radio for "Girl Crush". I don't think I've seen country labels publicizing HCS achievements too much, but "Girl Crush" is a record-breaker (11 weeks at #1 on HCS for a group of at least three members is the longest). Maybe they're using the fact to actually promote it on radio, maybe something like "sales are really good, so let's do the same on airplay!!". I do hope "Girl Crush" hits #1 on MB & BB. Fingers crossed!!!
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Post by dm2081 on Jul 12, 2015 11:02:12 GMT -5
I don't see any reason why Capitol would jump the gun early here or why Jason would even be perceived a threat. To me it's quite obvious here. Canaan and Jason will split the charts this week (MB/BB respectively), and the Jason will secure the #1 on both charts the following week. "Girl Crush" can simply take their turn the next week. The only song Capitol should be worried about IMO is "One Hell of An Amen". That one has been having some big updates here this week, and it's been on the charts for a pretty long time, so perhaps I could see them staging a huge push one week early or something. In the end though I think we will see Jason, LBT, Brantley and even Michael Ray all get a turn before the two big fish ZBB and Luke Bryan duke it out for a few weeks.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 12, 2015 14:41:35 GMT -5
Jason Aldean's label wasn't even competitive enough to try and keep Canaan from the top on MB regarding his insane push, so I don't see him blocking LBT, especially when their song continues to do well. There's no evidence I see that says LBT's song is running out of gas so it'll be able to wait for Jason to take his turn at the top with ease.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2015 22:17:47 GMT -5
I'm not at all convinced this is going to hit #1 on the airplay charts. My gut feeling is that Universal will jump the gun next week with this as they've done with "Love You Like That" this past week and go all out for #1. Of course, they'll fall way short and peak at #2 since "Girl Crush" is 1400 spins behind "Tonight Looks Good on You" on Mediabase. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think country labels usually publicize HCS achievements too much, so the attention being drawn to the HCS #1 for "Girl Crush" is a small red flag to me that maybe Capitol doesn't think they can get this to #1 on the airplay charts. It's looking to me like Broken Bow is preparing to make another modest hit into a huge multi-week #1 on the airplay charts. I absolutely think this will finish at #1 on both charts. Jason should finish this week at #1, and then next week will likely go to "Girl Crush". The labels rarely publish Hot Country Songs achievements, but in this case they did so because Billboard said this is a new "record" because it's been #1 on HCS for 11 weeks, which is the longest reign for a group of 3+ members. So I'm not at all surprised that UMG/Capitol/LBT decided to call attention to that. After all, when "Cruise" set the "record" for the longest-running #1, Big Machine certainly acknowledged it. And more recently, Carrie Underwood's team called attention to the 7-week #1 stay of "Something In The Water", since it was Carrie's longest-running #1 on any chart, beating the 6-week #1 stay of "Jesus, Take The Wheel" on Country Airplay. And of course that way they could call it a #1 in press releases and whatnot since it came up short on the airplay charts. Everybody in radio knows that "Girl Crush" is the biggest hit of the year, so it'd be a huge travesty if radio doesn't make this a #1. Radio certainly isn't obliged to make every big hit an official #1, and we've had plenty of big hits miss out on the top spot in years past, but this has come screaming into the top 5 so I don't see why it would fall short now. The sales have been monstrous, this is starting to cross over...country radio will want to be able to claim that they helped turn this into the hit it's become, and so I fully expect this to get moved into power rotation this week so that it can take over the #1 spot after Jason Aldean is done. A lot of the callout surveys have shown this to have some high dislike ratings and a high burn rate for quite some time now, but I don't think that's going to matter here. And besides, its overall positive scores are through the roof, so that most likely balances out any of the negatives (in radio's eyes).
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Post by Mikel Echarri on Jul 14, 2015 4:20:44 GMT -5
Up to #27 on the Hot 100 this week
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Post by jrb56 on Jul 14, 2015 7:06:03 GMT -5
[...country radio will want to be able to claim that they helped turn this into the hit it's become] Country radio can claim whatever they want, this song became a hit not because of country radio but despite it
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2015 7:19:30 GMT -5
[...country radio will want to be able to claim that they helped turn this into the hit it's become] Country radio can claim whatever they want, this song became a hit not because of country radio but despite it Oh, I'm well aware of that. But that's how country radio thinks. They think of themselves as gatekeepers, and they don't like to be late to the party on a hit song. They were slow to jump on this one, but I'm sure they'll say that it wouldn't have been half the hit it's been if they hadn't jumped on it. And they're probably at least partially right -- sales would've probably tapered off if this one had stalled in the 30's on the airplay charts. The exponential increases in airplay was no doubt a driving factor in GC's momentum...but it was the people buying and streaming the song who created that momentum in the first place, not country radio.
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Post by jrb56 on Jul 14, 2015 8:26:59 GMT -5
I agree that airplay has definitely helped it became as BIG a hit as it is. After the ACM performance landed it in the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 and # 3 in all genre digital sales the dye was pretty much cast it was going to be a hit. Radio either really jumped on it or just looked irrelevant. I just hope we're seeing a turning point where well written and performed ballads can get to the top of the AirPlay charts. It seems they have been few and far between. So glad Cam's new song got the OTV but it shouldn't need it.
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Post by kml567 on Jul 15, 2015 0:38:00 GMT -5
Girl Crush going for #1 this week! Visiting Bobby Bones tomorrow for some extra spins, already got the extra spin from CC-USA on Sunday, and the "Max Spins Now!" ad has been sent to all radio PDs.
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Post by dm2081 on Jul 15, 2015 0:46:30 GMT -5
Girl Crush going for #1 this week! Visiting Bobby Bones tomorrow for some extra spins, already got the extra spin from CC-USA on Sunday, and the "Max Spins Now!" ad has been sent to all radio PDs. They are 10 million behind in audience on BB this week, there's no way they can possibly think they have a shot at #1... I mean we just saw one of the biggest pushes ever and it only resulted in an 8 million gain in audience. Really hope the ad meant going for Max spins next week.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2015 21:14:19 GMT -5
Girl Crush going for #1 this week! Visiting Bobby Bones tomorrow for some extra spins, already got the extra spin from CC-USA on Sunday, and the "Max Spins Now!" ad has been sent to all radio PDs. The spin gains make it seem like they might be going for the Mediabase #1, but even that's going to be extremely difficult to pull off. And they'd have to gain more than 10 million on Billboard, since Jason Aldean isn't done gaining. They haven't gained nearly enough to suggest they'll come even close to overtaking Aldean on either chart. I've seen the Max Spins Now ads, but I have to assume that Capitol/UMG will keep pushing this through next week. I mean, it makes absolutely no sense to go for #1 this week. UMG and Canaan already stole the Billboard #1 from Broken Bow and Jason...there's no way BBR gets cheated this week. And again, Jason is just way too far ahead, and he's still increasing. And LBT would have no competition next week. Brantley Gilbert, Michael Ray, and Luke Bryan are all seeing top 10/heavy conversions, but none of them is likely to overtake "Girl Crush". Next week is absolutely wide open, and it has "Girl Crush" written all over it...or at least, it would if Capitol doesn't screw things up here. Also, there was a big ad for "Girl Crush" in Monday night's Country Aircheck Weekly, but it didn't say "going for #1" or "power up for #1", so I took that as a good sign that this week was just for them to close the gap quite a bit...that they'd let Aldean peak and then finish the ascent to #1 next week.
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Post by sabre14 on Jul 15, 2015 21:28:45 GMT -5
Capitol is not going all out for "Girl Crush" to be #1 this week. In order to take over MB, LBT has to make up about 1000 spins and 8-9 million in audience over four days, which is just not happening to me, especially when Jason isn't done gaining himself. There's literally zero point to gun for a MB #1 this week when there is nobody behind them to contend for #1 the following week. I suppose Brantley could see some sort of push but I would think Valory will wait LBT out for #1 anyway, along with "One Hell Of An Amen" being about 500 spins behind "Girl Crush."
Jason will be #1 this weekend, on both charts.
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Post by Marv on Jul 17, 2015 5:31:04 GMT -5
This standout tune should rise to #1 @ Mediabase by the end of next week since I see no indication that Jason will get more than one week in the penthouse @ Mediabase.
After the 'controversy' surrounding it, I'm flat-out delighted that 'Girl Crush' will wind up this year as the third biggest single by a group @ Mediabase, trailing only two superb singles---'Smoke', the biggest debut single of the year, and the trusty and steady-as-she- goes 'Homegrown', which will undoubtedly pass 'Drinking Class' sometime after Labor Day enroute to topping the year-end Mediabase chart.
In what for me at least has been another underwhelming and depressing year for country radio, at least SOME of 2015's best tunes will do quite nicely on the year-end charts, even if that number is disheartening and far too miniscule IMHO.
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